# pence vs penned

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pence
*noun · IPA /pɛns/ · frequency rank #11,932*
plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

### penned
*verb · IPA /pɛnd/ · frequency rank #17,690*
simple past and past participle of pen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pence-vs-penned